Space sugar may shed light on how life evolved on Earth Using the latest-generation Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA), which is an advanced system of 64 radio-telescope antennas in northern Chile, scientists at the European Southern Observatory have discovered a simple form of sugar orbiting a small binary star. Known as 16293-2422, that star is only 400 light-years away, and has about the same mass as the Sun. The finding could shed light on how the building blocks of life can originate spontaneously in deep space, even without a planet to support them. View all The molecule found was glycolaldehyde (C2H4O2), not dissimilar to the table sugar (C12H22O11) we're familiar with, and one of the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Molecules in deep space rotate end-for-end. Most chemical reactions on Earth occur in liquid water, but in interstellar space the complex molecules appear to form on the surface of tiny dust particles. "A big question is: how complex can these molecules become before they are incorporated into new planets?"
Foxhole Atheism Texas creationists: Textbook reviewers want more religion in their science. Let me get this out of the way immediately: The Earth is more than 4 billion years old. Evolution is real and is the basis for all modern understanding of biology. Climate change is happening, and humans are causing it. These fundamental scientific truths are agreed upon by the vast, overwhelming majority of scientists who study those particular fields, because of the vast, overwhelming evidence in those particular fields supporting them. It’s important that we teach this to young students, as well as how to understand what constitutes real evidence as opposed to ideological zealotry. If you live in Texas, however, that necessity is under a real threat. It has been for a long time; in 2007 Gov. And now we’re entering a new round. You can guess where this is going. Several of the “experts” were creationists, and they met recently to give their opinions. I understand the National Academy of Science's [sic] strong support of the theory of evolution. Another reviewer said this:
Neanderthal Bones Suggest Species Mostly Right-Handed, Had Spoken Language By: Megan Gannon, News Editor Published: 08/24/2012 01:30 PM EDT on LiveScience Right-handed humans vastly outnumber lefties by a ratio of about nine to one, and the same may have been true for Neanderthals. Researchers say right-hand dominance in the extinct species suggests that, like humans, they also had the capacity for language. A new analysis of the skeleton of a 20-something Neanderthal man confirms that he was a righty like most of his European caveman cousins whose remains have been studied by scientists (16 of 18 specimens). Dubbed "Regourdou," the skeleton was discovered in 1957 in France, not far from the famous network of caves at Lascaux. Scientists previously had argued that Regourdou was right-handed based on the muscularity of his right arm versus his left arm. "We've been studying scratch marks on [Neanderthal] teeth, but in all cases they were isolated teeth, or teeth in mandibles not directly associated with skeletal material," Frayer said."
On Absurdity: William Lane Craig and Actual Infinites | Foxhole Atheism Assuming creation, what is God’s relationship to time? There are two popular views—God is infinite (existing everlastingly, but within time) and God is eternal (existing changelessly with no relation to time). In both cases, God is uncaused, never begins to exist, and never ceases to exist. William Lane Craig, interestingly, adopts what you might call a hybrid of these two views to make sense of some philosophical problems. There have been many responses to Craig’s arguments about time and infinity. Kalam Cosmological Argument Craig presents some difficult arguments in favor of theism. Whatever begins to exist has a cause.The Universe began to exist.Therefore, the Universe has a cause Some have countered that the Universe could perhaps be infinite. For premises (1) and (2) to be true, though, the Universe cannot be infinite. Infinite Absurdities I should briefly explain what is meant by an actual infinite. Craig’s Resolution Now we are faced with an interesting problem. How can this be?
Intelligent Design Destroyed ! New DNA Analysis Shows Ancient Humans Interbred with Denisovans Tens of thousands of years ago modern humans crossed paths with the group of hominins known as the Neandertals. Researchers now think they also met another, less-known group called the Denisovans. The only trace that we have found, however, is a single finger bone and two teeth, but those fragments have been enough to cradle wisps of Denisovan DNA across thousands of years inside a Siberian cave. Now a team of scientists has been able to reconstruct their entire genome from these meager fragments. The analysis adds new twists to prevailing notions about archaic human history. "Denisova is a big surprise," says John Hawks, a biological anthropologist at the University of Wisconsin–Madison who was not involved in the new research. Now Pääbo and his colleagues have devised a new method of genetic analysis that allowed them to reconstruct the entire Denisovan genome with nearly all of the genome sequenced approximately 30 times over akin to what we can do for modern humans.
Greg Bahnsen Greg L. Bahnsen (September 17, 1948 – December 11, 1995) was an American Calvinist philosopher, apologist, and debater. He was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full-time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies. He is also considered a contributor to the field of Christian apologetics. Early life and education[edit] He was the first born of two sons of Robert and Virginia Bahnsen in Auburn, Washington, and grew up in Pico Rivera, California. Raised in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, he actively participated in religious activities. In 1970 Bahnsen graduated magna cum laude from Westmont College, receiving his B.A. in philosophy as well as the John Bunyan Smith Award for his overall grade point average. Later life[edit] One of the original pillars of Christian Reconstruction, Bahnsen was a leading proponent of theonomy, postmillennialism, and presuppositional apologetics. Death[edit] Works[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]
Evolution Theory AND Fact Caveman Couture: Neandertals Rocked Dark Feathers Artist's conception of a Neandertal's feather decorations. Image: Antonio Monclova GIBRALTAR—Jordi Rosell removes a thumbnail-size piece of reddish-tan bone from a sealed plastic bag, carefully places it under the stereomicroscope and invites me to have a look. Peering through the eyepieces I see two parallel lines etched in the specimen’s weathered surface. Tens of thousands of years ago, in one of the seaside caves located here on the southernmost tip of the Iberian Peninsula, a Neandertal nicked the bone—a bit of shoulder blade from a bird known as the red kite–with a sharp stone tool in those two spots. Though it would hardly merit a second glance from the casual observer, this cutmarked fragment is helping to deliver what could be the coup de grâce to some enduring ideas about the cognitive abilities of our closest relatives. Experts agree that Neandertals hunted large game, controlled fire, wore animal furs and made stone tools. Neandertals captured ravens and other corvids, too.
John Frame (theologian) John M. Frame (born April 8, 1939,[1] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Christian philosopher and Calvinist theologian especially noted for his work in epistemology and presuppositional apologetics, systematic theology, and ethics. He is one of the foremost interpreters and critics of the thought of Cornelius Van Til. Frame married Mary Grace Cummings in 1984, and has two sons, Justin M. Frame has elaborated a Christian epistemology in his 1987 work The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God. As a former student of Van Til, Frame is supporter of the presuppositionalist school of Christian apologetics. A presupposition is a belief that takes precedence over another and therefore serves as a criterion for another. Frame, developing the thought of his mentor Cornelius Van Til, has asserted in both his Apologetics to the Glory of God and his Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought that all non-Christian thought can be categorized as the ebb and flow of rationalism and irrationalism.
Ancient Tooth Found In Slovenia Suggests Beeswax Was Used To Treat Toothache {*style:<ul>*}{*style:<li>*}{*style:<h3>*}Napoleonic Soldiers Buried{*style:</h3>*}{*style:<br>*}A Catholic priest blesses a grave during a burial ceremony for the remains of 110 Napoleonic soldiers who died in a major battle against the Russian army, near the of Studenka, about 100 kilometers (63 miles) east of Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits){*style:</li>*}{*style:<li>*}{*style:<h3>*}Mayan Tomb Discovered{*style:</h3>*}{*style:<br>*}This photo taken on May 25, 2012, released on Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012 by Tak'alik Ab'aj Archaeological Project shows a jade piece in the tomb of a very early Mayan ruler at Tak'alik Ab'aj archaeological site in Retalhuleu, south of Guatemala City.